Alanhipperson25

That makes interesting reading , I thought i would have a quick look at the air filter on my Fabia ,what a pain I gave up after getting the the 1st air hose off, it was a piece of cake on My Octavia to check/ change the air filter , I might have another go at it. I use a inderpendant Skoda garage formy servicing .

Well did a longer run 14 miles into and out of Norwich and the MPG cameup to 45mpg since start, which is a improvement,the car is saying it is due a service in 25 days time , so will see how it improves after that .Oh the Tyre pressures are now correct, they were all over inflated .Suspect the plugs and air filter need replacing .

Yes i am a economical driver, but somewhat alarmed coming from a 160bhp octavia 2.0 turbo diesel getting up to 60 mpg , to getting high 30's low 40 mpg

Yes it is in imperial (UK) mpg I will take it on a decent run tomorrow, and see what i get .

I will just check the us/ imperial setting now

Thanks for your reply, i realise there are a million and one variables when it comes to mpg , I was just trying to find out what other fabia drivers were getting to the gallon. Also is the 1.0L 3 cylinder engine better than the 1.2l 4 cylinder engine ?Thanks once again.

Well driving the car back from Doncaster think the best i got was 43mpg and thats at 50-60 mph not thrashing it

Mainly the MPG and notchy gearbox , show it a hill and it has to change down all the time .

Hi I am new to a Petrol Skoda Fabia estate, having come from 2 2.0L turbo diesel Octavia estates. I did look at on line reviews regarding performance and more importaintly MPG figures. I am somewhat dismayed at the actual MPG figures i am getting from my 2016 car with 34000 on the clock . Taken from the onboard computer the figures are showing Long term :34mpg. Since start 23.1 ( short 1/2 mile journey ) Since refule 36.0 mpg these all seem extreemy low compared to what is showing on the auto trader website for the same age and engine car. Have i bought a bad car, it goes ok apart from the mpg, Or should i have gone for the 1.0L 3 cylinder engine version. As this little 1.2 petrol engine Skoda is doing about 20 mpg less than my old 125000 trusty Octavia estate. Hopefully somebody can shed some real world MPG figures. Thanks

This is my 3rd Skoda, 1.2 Fabia petrol, after having 2 Diesel Octavias . No too impressed so far